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DOE Requesting Comments on Landscape Design
- August 29, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted August 29, 2014 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has invited public comment on its Request for Information (RFI)...
Minnesota’s “Buy the Farm” Upheld in Court
- August 19, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted August 19, 2014 A judge recently ruled that a coalition of utilities that planted a power line through a...
Wildlife Refuges Phasing Out GMOs and Neonicotinoids
- August 8, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted August 8, 2014 National wildlife refuges around the country are phasing out genetically modified crops and a class of pesticides...
Debates Arise over RFS in Washington
- July 29, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted July 29, 2014 On July 24, White House counselor John Podesta told a group of senators that reduced volumetric...
BASF Corp. Proposing Sodium Formate Amendment
- July 28, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted July 28, 2014 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that BASF Corp. has filed a petition proposing that...
Stabenow to Conduct Committee Hearing July 23
- July 23, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted July 23, 2014 Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will convene...
House Subcommittee Hearing Examines Benefits of Ag Biotech
- July 21, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted July 21, 2014 On July 10, the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing to...
NASS Accepting Comments on 2017 Census of Agriculture
- July 21, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted July 21, 2014 The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is accepting stakeholder feedback in the form of content requests...
EPA Establishes Two Residue Regulations
- July 21, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted July 21, 2014 This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of zoxamide in or on onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A. Gowan...
DFA Agreed to Pay $50 Million Settlement
- July 15, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted July 15, 2014 The cooperative Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) have agreed to pay $50 million settlement to thousands...
Dairy Groups Propose FSMA Exemption
- July 9, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted July 9, 2014 The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to exempt dairy...
AFIA Applauded FSMA Exemption Proposal
- July 2, 2014
- Elizabeth
–> Posted July 2, 2014 The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Groups Urge Congress to Take Action on Cool Dispute
- June 30, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted June 30, 2014 A broad coalition of industries is urging Congress to take action on the U.S. Country of...
Agriculture Scientists to Address Hunger Issues at 2014 Borlaug Symposium
- June 20, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted June 20, 2014 The World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue international symposium will be held October 15-17 in Des Moines,...
Wisconsin Dairy Farm Fined for Discharging Manure
- June 19, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted June 19, 2014 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced a judgment and order against a Viroqua dairy farm that...
FDA Increases Fish Consumption Guidelines
- June 19, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted June 19, 2014 Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assured pregnant women and nursing women that they should...
Direct Final Rule Corrected by GIPSA
- June 10, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted June 10, 2014 The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is correcting a direct final rule from the...
USDA Approves Funding To Fight PEDv
- June 9, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted June 9, 2014 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $26.2 million fund to fight porcine epidemic...
U.S. Senators Seek to End U.S. Regulations on International Food and Aid Programs
- June 4, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted June 4, 2014 Two U.S. senators introduced legislation to end U.S. restrictions on international food aid programs, which would...
FDA Updates Guidelines for Mercury Levels in Seafood
- June 2, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted June 2, 2014 The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says new advisory guidelines are on the...